Players have been clamoring for a new Silent Hill game ever since Silent Hills, the Kojima game teased by the viral demo P.T., which was announced in 2014 and canceled six months later. Konami has heard their cries, and is releasing a new Silent Hill game in the form of a cutting-edge, progressive-linked video slot machine.
A close look at the image included with the press release indicates that the new cabinet contains at least two separate games: Silent Hill Return, which appears to star Heather Mason from the PlayStation 2 game Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill Escape, which includes a character who looks a lot like Murphy Pendleton from the PS3 and Xbox 360 game Silent Hill Downpour.
In a press release sent out ahead of Las Vegas’ upcoming Global Gaming Expo trade show, Konami announced the new machine, saying that it will produce “ongoing business value” and that it would “engage today’s players” with its “striking combination of sleek entertainment, premium packaging, and player comfort.”
They also said that their presence at the expo would show Konami’s “committed investment in the industry’s future.” The industry in question, of course, being gambling – not console games, which Konami claimed was still important to them in September, though they have yet to announce any new console releases since then.
This is far from the first slot machine Konami has branded with their game properties. They have also made slot machines based on Castlevania, Contra, and Frogger. They have also infamously converted Metal Gear Solid 3 into a Pachinko machine in Japan.
Unfortunately, many Silent Hill fans may end up not enjoying the gameplay of these new, revolutionary slot machines. Tossing money into a machine and watching symbols spin around doesn’t compare to trying to survive in a grotesque, surreal world designed to exploit the characters’ deepest regrets and anxieties.
But the machines do have two familiar characters pasted onto them, so maybe that’ll be enough to win over fans.
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